The Idaho panhandle north of the Salmon River, which traverses Idaho County, the large county at the base of the panhandle, is on Pacific Standard Time/ Pacific Daylight Saving Time (UTC-8/UTC-7). South of the Salmon River, Idaho is on Mountain Standard Time/ Mountain Daylight Saving Time (UTC-7/UTC-6).
Daylight Saving Time begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November.
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The majority of Idaho is in the Mountain time zone. Much of the northern portion of the state is in the Pacific time zone.
Boise, Idaho is in the MST time zone (GMT-7). It does not observe daylight savings.
If it is 12 am in Idaho, it would be 2 am in Louisiana. Louisiana is in the Central Time Zone, which is two hours ahead of the Mountain Time Zone where Idaho is located.
0500 UTC on October 29th, 1996 would be 11:00 pm on October 28th, 1996 in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) for Boise, Idaho, due to the time zone conversion.
Boise city is officially and geographically located on the edge of central time, but the city prefers to use mtn time. But kenton is officially located in mtn time zone, and they follow mtn zone as well.
Sun Valley, Idaho is in the Mountain Time Zone, which is 2 hours behind New York, which is in the Eastern Time Zone. So, if it is 12:00pm in New York, it would be 10:00am in Sun Valley.
On October 2nd, the sun will set in Boise, Idaho around 6:53 PM.